[Ord. 6075, 7/5/1960, § 1; as amended by Ord. 101]
A Police Department consisting of a Chief of Police, sergeants,
corporals, privates first class, privates and probationers hereby
is established in the Borough of Gettysburg under and pursuant to
Section 1121 of the Borough Code, as amended, 53 P.S. § 46121.
[Ord. 142, 6/13/1968, § 2]
The Fire Prevention Code shall be enforced by the Bureau of
Fire Prevention of the Borough of Gettysburg, which is hereby established.
The Fire Marshal shall be the Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention.
The Fire Marshal shall be appointed by the Borough Council and shall
serve at the pleasure of the Council. He shall be assisted by such
other members of the Bureau of Fire Prevention as shall be appointed
by the Borough Council for the purpose.
[Ord. 1044-86, 7/14/1986]
In the case of a vacancy in the office of Chief of Police, the
Borough Council shall nominate a person to the Civil Service Commission,
which shall then subject such person to a noncompetitive examination.
A. The person nominated must possess the following qualifications, namely,
he or she must have:
(1) Completed formal training as required by state legislation for police
officers;
(2) Five years of police experience, including two years in a supervisory
police position, or any equivalent combination of training and experience;
(3) The ability to meet minimum physical and medical requirements; and
(4) Possession of, or eligibility for, a valid motor vehicle operator's
license issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B. The examination by the Civil Service Commission shall seek to determine
that the nominee possesses the knowledge, skill and ability in the
following areas to the degree necessary for successful job performance:
(2) Crime prevention, investigation and detection;
(3) Police Department rules and regulations;
(4) Geography of the Borough;
(5) Criminal justice system as it relates to municipal police service;
(6) Relevant federal, state and municipal statutes;
(7) Assignment, motivation and review of the work of police personnel
in the Borough Police Department.
C. If such nominee shall be certified by the Civil Service Commission
as qualified, he may then be appointed to such position and shall
thereafter be responsible for the overall administration and operation
of the Police Department, with the following duties and responsibilities:
(1) To plan, organize, direct and coordinate the activities of department
personnel in enforcing laws and municipal ordinances;
(2) To formulate rules, procedures and policies for efficient operation
of the department;
(3) To evaluate applicants for positions within the department and to
make recommendations to the Safety Committee of the Borough Council
and the Mayor for the hiring of applicants;
(4) To evaluate employee work performance and recommend promotions;
(5) To prepare budget estimates and to control budget expenditures;
(6) To recommend purchase of equipment and supplies;
(7) To attend county, state and national conferences and meetings, at
the discretion of the Mayor and the Safety Committee;
(8) To meet with the Borough Manager, the Safety Committee, and the Mayor
and to keep them informed on departmental activities;
(9) To attend all Council meetings, Safety Committee meetings and any
other meetings and or activities as directed by the Borough Council
and the Mayor;
(10)
To prepare, approve or disapprove permits for parades and assemblages;
and
(11)
To perform any other duties as directed by the Mayor.
[Ord. 1427-15, 4/13/2015]
The Parking Department of the Borough of Gettysburg is empowered
to exercise those functions necessary for the administration and supervision
of the on-street and off-street public parking programs, systems and
facilities of the Borough of Gettysburg and for the enforcement of
compliance with all parking regulations related thereto as enacted,
adopted and ordained by the Borough Council of the Borough of Gettysburg.
[Ord. 1427-15, 4/13/2015]
1. The Parking Department of the Borough of Gettysburg is authorized
to exercise and carry out those functions necessary for the administration
and supervision of the on-street and off-street public parking programs,
systems and facilities of the Borough of Gettysburg and to implement
and to enforce compliance with the parking regulations as enacted,
adopted and ordained by the Borough Council of the Borough of Gettysburg.
Those functions shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
A. To conduct research and maintain data related to on-street and off-street
public parking requirements and programs of the Borough of Gettysburg;
B. To distribute, to issue and to process parking tickets and citations
on behalf of the Borough of Gettysburg;
C. To implement, to administer and to enforce compliance with the parking
regulations of the Borough of Gettysburg;
D. To collect on behalf of the Borough of Gettysburg all revenues derived
from on-street and off-street public parking programs, systems and
facilities and to submit those revenues to the Borough in a manner
as authorized and directed by the Borough Manager in accordance with
the implementation of any such policy as adopted by the Borough Manager
in his or her general supervision of the Parking Department;
E. To acquire parking meters and the related supplies and equipment
necessary to locate, relocate, install and maintain any such parking
meters;
F. To implement, to administer and to enforce compliance with the regulations
relative to the Borough's residential permit parking system and
program;
G. To manage, to maintain and to operate, or to cause to be managed,
maintained and operated, all off-street public parking lots, systems
and facilities owned or leased by the Borough of Gettysburg;
H. To institute negotiations or make arrangements necessary for purchase
or lease of property on which to provide public parking lots, systems
and facilities of the Borough of Gettysburg;
I. To recommend to the Borough Council of the Borough of Gettysburg
any changes in rates for on-street and off-street public parking and
for the use of the public parking programs, systems and facilities
of the Borough of Gettysburg and for the issuance of any related permits
by the Borough;
J. To prepare and distribute to the residents of the Borough of Gettysburg
and to its visitors and to the general public information about the
proper and legal use of any municipal on-street and off-street public
parking programs, systems and facilities and any such information
about any permit parking authorized by the Borough; and
K. To prepare and recommend to the Borough Council of the Borough of
Gettysburg for adoption from time to time any such regulations as
are necessary or convenient for the administration, supervision and
enforcement of an efficient unified public parking system within the
Borough of Gettysburg.
[Ord. 1427-15, 4/13/2015]
The Borough Manager may delegate administrative and enforcement
functions and authority to other members of the Borough's administrative
staff, in connection with the administration of this Part and the
Parking Department of the Borough of Gettysburg.
[Ord. 1427-15, 4/13/2015]
Consistent with the enforcement functions authorized in this
Part, the parking enforcement officers of the Parking Department of
the Borough of Gettysburg shall be considered law enforcement officers
of the Borough of Gettysburg and shall be empowered to enforce the
regulations of the Borough Council of the Borough of Gettysburg duly
enacted, adopted and ordained for the purposes of regulating or prohibiting
stopping, standing or parking of vehicles within the Borough of Gettysburg
and to issue tickets as authorized thereby or to issue citations as
authorized thereby for the purposes of instituting summary proceedings
as authorized by the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.
[Ord. 1427-15, 4/13/2015]
The police officers of the Gettysburg Borough Police Department
or of any other police department contracted to perform police and
law enforcement services in the Borough of Gettysburg shall have concurrent
enforcement authority of the parking regulations of the Borough of
Gettysburg and the issuance of any tickets or citations for violations
thereof at all times, including, but not limited to, any periods of
time when there are no Parking Department parking enforcement officers
on duty for the enforcement of any such parking regulations.